Hatano (Kamikawa) Taeko

Japanese Language Education, Intercultural Communication, Semiotic Cultural Psychology

Research into the intercultural relationship building process, qualitative research using TEA (multi-track equivalence approach)

First-Year Seminar

Japanese Language Teaching Methods II

Japanese Language Teaching Materials Research I

Japanese Language Teaching Materials Research II

Career Vision I/Career Vision Seminar A

Career Communication for International Students I/A

Career Communication for International Students II/B

Career Communication for International Students C

Career Communication for International Students D

[Educational Background]

Graduated Shanghai International Studies University School of International Cultural Exchange, Department of Chinese and English

Graduated from the Japanese Language Teacher Training Course Faculty of Education Department of Education Distance Learning Division Soka University

Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Language Education and Information Studies Japanese Language Education Program Master's Degree (Language Education and Information Studies)

Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Doctoral Program (Human Sciences)

[Work history]

Adjunct Faculty at the Japanese Language Department, School of Japanese Culture and Economics Shanghai International Studies University

Full-time Lecturer Department of Japanese Language Shanghai International Studies University Xianda School of Economics and Humanities

Adjunct Faculty International Japanese Language Department, ECC International College of Foreign Languages

Cosmo Energy Development Co., Ltd. Planning and Facilities Management Office, Planning and Public Relations Group Japanese Language Teacher at Applied Technology High School

Adjunct Faculty at the Soka University Center for Japanese Language and Culture

Ritsumeikan University OIC Research Organization Senior Researcher

[Committee Member History]

TEA and Qualitative Inquiry Research Exchange Committee (April 2022-May 2025), TEA and Qualitative Inquiry Editorial Committee (September 2024-)

The Japan Association for Japanese Language Education, The Japan Association for Language and Culture Educational Research, The Japan Society for Qualitative Inquiry, The Japan Society for Qualitative Psychology, The Japan Society for Developmental Psychology, The Japan Society for Human Resource Development

【paper】

"Proposal of Nanoethnography Using a Multi-track Equivalence Approach: Theoretical Foundations and Model Building for Understanding Different Cultures," Taeko Kamikawa and Tatsuya Sato, Qualitative Research and Social Implementation 2 (2025)

"Methodological considerations on the concept of time in the multi-track equality approach: How to depict temporal context in a TEM diagram using imagination theory," Taeko Kamikawa, Taiyo Miyashita, and Tatsuya Sato, Qualitative Research and Social Implementation 2 (2025)

"Practical report on the 'Buikyan' program to support students who are not attending school using the VR metaverse: Creating a new place to belong and building a bridge to social participation," Yuzu Minase, Natsuyo Tomioka, Taeko Kamikawa, and Tatsuya Sato, Computer & Education 57 (2024)

"The process of relationship building in early marriage through eating together: A study using the TEM imagination model," Taeko Kamikawa, Taiyo Miyashita, Yuko Yasuda, and Tatsuya Sato, TEA and Qualitative Research 2(2) (2024)

"hana-TEM: Drawing my path through art" by Teppei Tsuchimoto, Taeko Kamikawa, Akiyo Nakamoto, Nozomi Kato, and Fuminori Nakatsubo, Qualitative Research and Social Implementation, Inaugural Issue (2024)

"Why was Mr. B able to continue working as a special needs school teacher until retirement: An analysis using multi-track equivalence modeling (TEM)" Li Ruimiao, Kaori Omichi, Nozomi Kato, Hiroko Maeda, Misa Wakamatsu, Taeko Kamikawa, and Fuminori Nakatsubo, Bulletin of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. Educational Studies 4 (2023)

"Examination of facilitative symbols using imagination theory and TLMG: Based on a case study on food as an 'event'," Taeko Kamikawa, Taiyo Miyashita, Yuko Yasuda, and Tatsuya Sato, Ritsumeikan Human Sciences Research 45 (2023)

“Consideration of the concept of symbols in TEA (Two-track Equivalence Approach) – Based on Peirce, Vygotsky, and Valsiner” Taiyo Miyashita, Taeko Kamikawa, and Tatsuya Sato, Ritsumeikan Human Sciences Research 44 (2022)

“New Theoretical Developments in TEM (Multi-Trajectory Equivalence Modeling) – Based on Semiotic Sphere and Imagination Theory,” Taiyo Miyashita, Taeko Kamikawa, and Tatsuya Sato, Ritsumeikan Human Sciences Research 44 (2022)

"The conflict process of Chinese native speakers regarding the use of honorific language: How can we effectively convey our true selves and feelings?" Taeko Kamikawa, Studies in language science working papers (9) (2019)

"The current situation and issues of business Japanese language courses at Chinese universities: From the perspective of Chinese Japanese language teachers," Taeko Kamikawa, Studies in language science working papers (3) (2013)

【book】

"TEA and Qualitative Research Glossary" by Tatsuya Sato and Yuko Yasuda (editors), Fuminori Nakatsubo, Teppei Tsuchimoto, Taeko Kamikawa, Akiyo Nakamoto, and Nozomi Kato (editors), Seishin Shobo

"An Invitation to Cultural Psychology: A Semiotic Approach" by Jaan Valsiner, Tatsuya Sato, Akinobu Nameda, Teppei Tsuchimoto, and Taiyo Miyashita (translators), Teppei Tsuchimoto, Takao Banno, Taeko Kamikawa, Chihiro Tanaka, Takuya Sotsuda, Taiyo Miyashita, Ikumi Ozawa, and Naoko Yokoyama (translators), Seishin Shobo

"Catalogue TEA (Double Track Equivalence Approach) - Resonating with Diagrams" by Tatsuya Sato, Hiroko Yasuda (editors), Taeko Kamikawa, Taiyo Miyashita, Michiko Ito, and Ikumi Ozawa (editors), Shinyosha

"Social implementation expanding through TEM - Supporting the enrichment of life" by Yuko Yasuda and Tatsuya Sato (editors) and Taeko Kamikawa, "Chapter 1, Section 1: Use of honorific language by Chinese learners of Japanese" (co-author), Seishin Shobo​

Through my experience teaching Japanese in multiple cultural regions, including Japan, China, and the United Arab Emirates, I have become interested in building relationships between people in everyday life. I analyze intercultural contact and the process of mutual understanding from a semiotic cultural psychology approach, and I am thinking not only about language education but also about improving people's well-being through intercultural dialogue. Let's deepen our learning together through dialogue with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

E-mail: kamikawa@soka.ac.jp

Hobbies: Listening to music, yoga, traveling, collecting Sanrio goods